]]>Spragga Benz net worth: Spragga Benz is a Jamaican dancehall DJ who has a net worth of $5 million. Spragga Benz was born in Kingston, Jamaica in May 1969. He started his career in 1991 and was once known as Spaghetti because he is tall and thin. Spragga Benz released his debut studio album Jack It Up in 1994. He has also released the albums Uncommonly Smooth in 1995, Two Bad DJs with Beenie Man in 1999, Fully Loaded in 2000, Thug Nature in 2002, Live Good in 2007, and Shotta Culture in 2010. His single "Oh Yeah" featuring Foxy Brown reached #63 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart. Spragga Benz's single "Turn Me On" featuring Kevin Lyttle reached #4 in the US and #20 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart. He has collaborated with several other artists including Carly Simon, Wyclef Jean, Lady Saw, Swizz Beats, Shabba Ranks, Kardinal Offishall, Nas, Smoke DZA, Kelis, Darryl Riley, Tanya Stephens, Stephen Marley, Julian Marley, Lil Bow Wow, Alison Hinds, and more. Spragga Benz appeared in the films Brooklyn Babylon and Shottas.

]]>Steven Page net worth: Steven Page is a Canadian musician who has a net worth of $8 million. Steven Page was born in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada in June 1970. He is best known for being a founding member of the band Barenaked Ladies. Page is the band's lead singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter. Barenaked Ladies formed in 1988 and Page left the band in 2009. Their debut studio album Gordon was released in 1992 and reached #1 in Canada. The band has had multiple successful albums including Maroon in 2000 which reached #1 in Canada and #5 in the US. Their #1 singles include the songs "Jane", "One Week", and "It's All Been Done". Steven Page went on to release the solo albums The Vanity Project in 2005, A Singer Must Die in 2010, Page One in 2010, A Different Sort of Solitude in 2012, and Heal Thyself Pt. 1: Instinct in 2016.

]]>0Mickey Mantle Net Worthhttps://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-athletes/richest-baseball/mickey-mantle-net-worth/
https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-athletes/richest-baseball/mickey-mantle-net-worth/#respondTue, 26 Sep 2017 16:05:03 +0000https://www.celebritynetworth.com/?p=233293Mickey Mantle net worth: Mickey Mantle was an American professional baseball player who had a net worth of $10 million. Mickey Mantle was born

]]>Mickey Mantle net worth: Mickey Mantle was an American professional baseball player who had a net worth of $10 million. Mickey Mantle was born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma in October 1931 and passed away in August 1995. He was a center fielder who was a switch hitter and threw right handed. Mantle played for the New York Yankees his entire Major League Baseball career from 1951 to 1968. He was a 20 time All-Star and seven time World Series champion. Mantle won three American League MVP Awards and was a four time AL home run leader and one time AL RBI leader. He won the Triple Crown in 1956 and a Gold Globe Award in 1962. Mantle's #7 was retired by the New York Yankees and he was named to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. In 1974 Mantle was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on the first ballot. Mickey Mantle passed away on August 13, 1995 at 63 years old. Mantle's first baseball contract in 1951 paid him $7500 (that's the same as $70,000 after adjusting for inflation). His last contract paid him $100,000 per year (the same as $800,000 after adjusting for inflation). In total, Mickey earned $1,128,000 during his career. After adjusting for inflation, he earned around $9 million from his various contracts.

]]>0Jam Master Jay Net Worthhttps://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/richest-rappers/jam-master-jay-net-worth/
https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/richest-rappers/jam-master-jay-net-worth/#respondTue, 26 Sep 2017 15:56:42 +0000https://www.celebritynetworth.com/?p=233289Jam Master Jay net worth: Jam Master Jay was an American musician and DJ who had a net worth of -$1 million at the

]]>Jam Master Jay net worth: Jam Master Jay was an American musician and DJ who had a net worth of -$1 million at the time of his death. Jam Master Jay was born Jason William Mizell in New York City, New York in January 1965. He passed away in October 2002. Jay was best known for being the DJ of the hip-hop group Run-D.M.C. The group formed in 1981 and released their self-titled debut studio album in 1984. They released the album King of Rock in 1985 and their album Raising Hell was released in 1986 and reached #1 on the R&B chart and #3 on the Billboard 200 chart. Run-D.M.C. also had success with their albums Tougher Than Leather in 1988, Back from Hell in 1990, Down with the King in 1993, and Crown Royal in 2001. The group's single "Walk This Way" reached #4 in the US and their single "It's Like That" (Run-D.M.C. vs Jason Nevins) was popular worldwide and reached #1 in six countries. Jam Master Jay passed away on October 20, 2002 at 37 years old when he was shot by an unknown assailant at his studio.

Debt and wealth: At the time of his death, Jay was reportedly $500,000 in debt to the IRS and was wrestling with a "vast mortgage" connected to his home and recording studio. He also allegedly owed a large debt to a neighborhood man named Curtis Scoon. One of the theories regarding Jay's death is that he was killed after having an argument over money with Scoon. Another theory involved Jay's business partner Randy Allen who allegedly stood to receive a $500,000 insurance settlement after Jay died.

]]>076ers Owner Grabs $45 Million Manhattan Mansionhttps://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/billionaire-news/76ers-owner-grabs-45-million-manhattan-mansion/
https://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/billionaire-news/76ers-owner-grabs-45-million-manhattan-mansion/#respondTue, 26 Sep 2017 11:04:24 +0000https://www.celebritynetworth.com/?p=232824A year ago, billionaire Joshua Harris offered $47 million for a mansion selling for $72 million. He waited. Eventually the brokers came back to him and he got it for even less than $47 million.

]]>Manhattan real estate is fascinating. In a city so densely packed, it is cool to hear about an enormously huge mansion tucked away in the city. The mansion, located on the Upper East Side at 50 E. 69th Street, is 21,070 square feet. It went on the market a year ago for $72 million. In June it was slashed to $59 million. Now, we're hearing that Philadelphia 76ers owner Joshua Harris has snapped up the limestone building for the bargain basement price of $45 million.

Harris is an American private equity investor who co-founded Apollo Global Management, one of the world's largest alternative investment firms. Harris also owns the NHL's New Jersey Devils. He has a BS from Wharton and MBA from Harvard. He worked at Drexel Burnham Lambert before co-founding Apollo in 1990 with fellow Drexel alumni Leon Black and Marc Rowan. He is currently one of three managing partners of Apollo, along with Black and Rowan.

The building is going to need some renovations as it was last used as a medical facility where posh Upper East Side ladies got their plastic surgery needs met.

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Harris has had his eye on this property for awhile. When it went on the market for $72 million, he put in an offer of $47 million and then sat back and waited. A year later, the real estate brokers handling the sale came back to him and he lowered his offer by a few million more. But that isn't all – he also held onto the contract for the purchase of the mansion for months. Talk about one cool character!

The mansion was built in 1917 for cotton mogul Otto Louis Dommerich. The building is designed in the neo-French classic style. The home has seven floors and features a curved staircase, and 14 fireplaces. The top level of the building features a stained glass dome. The mansion also has three elevators and a basement with 15-foot ceilings. There is 3,350 square feet of outdoor space, a roof terrace, a second floor terrace, and a terrace off the solarium.

Harris is married with five children. They will all have plenty of space to spread out. Joshua Harris has a net worth of $2.7 billion.

]]>0$120 Million Donation Makes First Arkansas Art School Possiblehttps://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/how-much-does/120-million-donation-makes-first-arkansas-art-school-possible/
https://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/how-much-does/120-million-donation-makes-first-arkansas-art-school-possible/#respondTue, 26 Sep 2017 11:03:54 +0000https://www.celebritynetworth.com/?p=232740A donation of $120 million from the Walton Family Foundation will help establish the University of Arkansas School of Art.

]]>History made: Last month, the Walton Family Foundation donated the largest sum ever given to any U.S. university art program.

The $120 million gift from the chartiable enterprise started by the family of late Walmart founder Sam Walton will facilitate the creation of the University of Arkansas School of Art.

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"This gift creates the first and only school of art in the state of Arkansas," said Todd Shields, dean of the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, where the UA School of Art will be housed. "[It] will propel art education, research and creative activity in the state forward while also providing unparalleled access and opportunity to students."

The generous donation will be used to expand the Fine Arts Library and renovate the university's historic Fine Arts Center, which was designed by Edward Durrell Stone. The money will also provide student scholarships, travel grants and internship opportunities, expand graduate programs, degree offerings, and much more.

The school's curriculum will emphasize American art and art of the Americas. It will take five years for the school to be entirely phased in.

And this isn't the first time the foundation has donated to the University of Arkansas – in 2002, $300 million was given to endow an undergraduate honors college and graduate school.

]]>"Follow your passion" is one of the most commonplace pieces of advice a person can be exposed to, if an idea that's so well known can even be considered advice. But according to Mark Cuban, it's also "easily the worst advice you could ever give or get."

On the business billionaire celebrity's personal blog in 2012, Cuban expressed his own skepticism towards the idea of following one's passions in life, at least as it pertains to commercial success. In the post, he takes the pragmatic view that one's passions, no matter what they are, "aren't worth a nickel" all by themselves. Instead, it's better to focus your energy on elbow grease and effort. As Cuban puts it:

"Think about all those passions that you considered making a career out of or building a company around. How many were/are there? … Why were you not able to make a career or business out of any of those passions?

"Or, if you have been able to have some success, what was the key to the success? Was it the passion or the effort you put into your job or company?"

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Cuban hasn't been shy about how his interest in computer technology, which led to his first early business success with his company MicroSolutions, was anything but a passion early in his life. But eventually, he grew to love, and, yes, feel passion for computer technology, and from Cuban's point of view it was his hard work that led to his passion and not the other way around:

"When you enjoy doing something, there is a very good chance you will become passionate or more passionate about it. When you are good at something, passionate and work even harder to excel and be the best at it, good things happen."

This is a little bit of a chicken-or-the-egg situation, but Cuban's fundamental point seems to be that you can't expect your passions to carry you through life, no matter how strong they might be. Instead, Cuban says, it's smarter to be guided by "where you apply your time… You may or may not realize it yet, but how you use or don't use your time is going to be the best indication of where your future is going to take you."

]]>0Rare Ferrari Sold At Charity Auction For $10 Millionhttps://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/entertainment-articles/rare-ferrari-sold-charity-auction-10-million/
https://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/entertainment-articles/rare-ferrari-sold-charity-auction-10-million/#respondTue, 26 Sep 2017 11:01:21 +0000https://www.celebritynetworth.com/?p=232717A very rare LaFerrari Aperta supercar sold recently at a charity auction for a record $10 million. The $10 million is the most money a car from the 21st century has sold for.

]]>A very rare LaFerrari Aperta supercar sold recently at a charity auction for a record $10 million. The $10 million is the most money a car from the 21st century has sold for. The auction took place at Ferrari's factory in Italy during a celebration for the company's 70th anniversary.

The Aperta sold Saturday for twice what auctioneers expected it to. There was a bidding war between at least 12 auction attendees. Sotheby's ran the auction and the buyer's identity was not revealed. The Aperta has not yet been built. The buyer saw only a digital mock-up of the sports car before committing $10 million to the purchase.

Once built, the Aperta will be painted with a one of a kind metallic red paint and two white racing strips. The interior will be black leather with red stitching. The car will be the 210th and last La Ferrari Aperta ever made.

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The La Ferrari Aperta is special, even amongst the rarest of super cars. From Ferrari's website:

"Ferrari's unique core values have been raised to a whole new level in the car launched to make the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the company. Designed for Ferrari's most passionate clients, the LaFerrari Aperta is the new limited-edition special series model, and just a few examples – all of them already accounted for – of this spider version of the acclaimed LaFerrari supercar will be built."

The entire $10 million sale price will be donated to Save the Children, an international charity. The La Ferrari Aperta fetched the highest price for a car built after 2000, but auction proceeds for charity tend to be higher than normal auctions.

The limited-edition, convertible La Ferrari Aperta made its debut at the 2016 Paris Auto Show. The Aperta has a 950 horsepower powertrain, coming from a 6.3-liter V-12 with 800 horsepower that takes the driver from zero to 60 in less than three seconds. The La Ferrari Aperta has a top speed of over 217 miles-per-hour. Ferrari has not released a price for the Aperta, but for comparison the regular La Ferrari sells for more than $1.5 million.

]]>0Obama To Make $1.2 Million Giving Speeches To Wall Street Firmshttps://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/entertainment-articles/obama-make-1-2-million-giving-speeches-wall-street-firms/
https://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/entertainment-articles/obama-make-1-2-million-giving-speeches-wall-street-firms/#respondTue, 26 Sep 2017 11:00:51 +0000https://www.celebritynetworth.com/?p=232714Following in the footsteps of other presidents, former President Barack Obama has inked a deal for $1.2 million for a series of speeches for Wall Street firms. He plans to donate the proceeds to children's charities.

]]>Following in the footsteps of other presidents, former President Barack Obama has inked a deal for $1.2 million for a series of speeches for Wall Street firms. This comes after he attracted criticism from a number of Democratic senators for his decision to speak at a conference in September organized by the financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald.

Obama is scheduled to give a speech next week. He has also already been paid $800,000 for two speeches he gave to Northern Trust Corp last month and the Carlyle Group last week.

Obama is scheduled to speak at Cantor Fitzgerald's three day conference for current and prospective clients. Cantor Fitzgerald is the firm that lost more than 600 employees during the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.

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Of course, we all remember the intense criticism Hillary Clinton took during the 2016 U.S. Presidential campaign for speeches she gave to Wall Street firms after the stepped down from her position as Secretary of State. It was reported that Clinton gave 92 speeches to financial service firms, banks, and other Wall Street institutions between 2013 and 2015 and made $21.6 million. These speeches opened Clinton up to criticism from Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. Her opponents called her an elitist who was out of touch with the average American voter.

These speeches are not the first ones that Obama has made. In April, he was paid $400,000 for a 90 minute conversation with author and presidential historian Doris Kerns Goodwin at an event organized by the cable network A&E.

Obama's spokesman, Kevin Lewis, has said that since leaving office, he has given speeches that remain true to the former president's values. Lewis told Bloomberg News:

"His paid speeches in part have allowed President Obama to contribute $2 million to Chicago programs offering job training and employment opportunities to low-income youth. "

Still, Democratic politicians continue to criticize Obama for his speeches. Earlier this year, when it was revealed that Obama had signed on to speak at Cantor Fitzgerald's event, Bernie Sanders said:

"I think it just speaks to the power of Wall Street and the influence of big money in the political process."

Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren told a radio station that she was "troubled by" the speaking fee.

]]>Hope Sandoval net worth: Hope Sandoval is an American singer and songwriter who has a net worth of $3 million. Hope Sandoval was born in Los Angeles, California in June 1966. She is best known for being the lead singer for the bands Mazzy Star and Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions. Mazzy Star formed in 1989 and released their debut studio album She Hangs Brightly in 1990. The band has some success with their albums So Tonight That I Might See in 1993, Among My Swan in 1996, and Seasons of Your Day in 2013. Their most successful single "Fade Into You" reached #3 on the US Modern Rock chart. With Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions she released the albums Bavarian Fruit Bread in 2001 and Through the Devil Softly in 2009. The band's album Until the Hunter was released in 2016 and reached #2 on the US Heatseakers chart. Sandoval also plays the harmonica, guitar, percussion, keyboards, and glockenspiel.